33 Coupe Paint 11
8/29/05
The body as you can see, has primer on
it along with the doors which are hanging by some wires in the
background. The deck-lid has primer on it too but it's not in the
picture. Bart sprayed on an epoxy primer that has a hardener
(activator) added to it made by Valspar which also makes House of Kolor
paint. After block sanding everything to the point that it looked pretty
good, then the primer goes on and it gets block sanded again. Block
sanding is a way to make sure that your body panels end up being
straight by using a body file and sanding block. A body file is about
12" long and covers a larger area than a sanding block which is
only 4" long. After getting it as straight as you can, you need to
check your work by a process called "guide coating". By using
black spray paint, you fog on a small amount and then go over it again
with your sanding block or body file, depending on the size of the panel
your working on. You work your body file across the area very easily and if all
the black paint is removed, the panel is straight. If there is black
paint left behind, that means there is a low spot and more block sanding
is necessary. Guide coating is how you tell if your panels are
straight or not before you put the paint on.
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After the body panels have been guide
coated, the primer needs to be wet-sanded before the base (color) is applied.
Wet-sanding leaves the surface very smooth which is what you want when
your painting and the water keeps the sandpaper cleaner while your
working. Bart should be shooting the base and clear on this week and
then he'll have to wet-sand the clear to prepare for the graphics that
will be going on once the car is back together. Once the car has all the body
panels back on, I'll be taking it back over and then another guy will be
spraying the flames on.
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| To give you an idea of what it takes
to do a paint job like mine, here are all the products that Bart's going
to use. What you see here is everything from sandpaper to polishing
compound along with a BUNCH of other stuff in between. Now that you see all
the materials that go into a paint job, it should give you a better idea
of why they cost so much. You also need a good painter to make it all
happen, like Bart. Now this doesn't include any material for the
graphics so that's another picture and story all together. As soon as
the color is sprayed on the body, I'll take a few more pictures and
write about that.
Speaking of pictures, Bart took the three pix that
you see on this page. I told him that I wanted to see all the steps
involved in painting the car but if I wasn't around to take them, he
could do it for me. That way, I wouldn't hold him up while he was
working. Thanks Bart.
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